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  Index

  1st Women’s Battalion of Death 108, 109

  2nd Ekaterinburg Squadron 197, 198

  3rd Army 132

  25th Tomsk Reserve Battalion 109

  Ackerman, Carl 217

  Agnes, Sister 119

  Ai-Todor 76

  Akimov, Aleksey 179

  Alapaevsk 23, 34, 38, 156, 167, 213

  Albert, King of Belgium 103

  Albert, Prince 63, 65, 147, 153

  Aleksandr (brother-in-law of Nicholas) 49

  Alexander, Grand Duke 50, 83

  Alexander II 36, 99, 137

  Alexander III 48, 52, 99, 137

  Alexandra, Tsaritsa, devoutness of 21; health of 21, 25–6, 59–60, 73–4, 117, 129, 144; keeps a diary 42–3, 129, 157; character of 55, 61–2, 63, 65–7; marriage to Nicholas 58, 62–3, 65–6; and birth of Alexey 59–60; mental collapse of 59; addiction to narcotics and sedatives 60; conversion to Russian Orthodoxy 62, 63–4; Queen Victoria’s affection for 63; court perceptions of 64; public perceptions of 64–5; charitable works 67; criticism and hostility towards 67–8; daughters’ concern for 73–4, 83; reaction to son’s health 88–92, see also Romanov family